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    new rock bands that don't suck

    Ride the Skies and Wonderfull Rainbow are brilliant
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    new rock bands that don't suck

    Lightning Bolt and Sightings are still the greatest I recommend The Goslings, Whitehorse and No Age Less rock: Beach House Old and reissue: Ball Power by Coloured Balls (http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/1482)
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    (the inevitable dumb) BEST OF '06 (thread)

    Wolf Eyes: Human Animal Wolf Eyes: River Slaughter Charalambides. A Vintage Burden Beach House: Beach House To Live and Shave In La: Noon and Eternity /Scott Walker: The Drift Sonic Youth: Rather Ripped Burial: Burial Wooden Wand and The Vanishing Voice: Gipsy Freedom Vanishing Voice: Nordic...
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    Ariel Pink

    you check ariel pink labelmates: beach house
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    Joanna Newsom --- "Ys"

    yeah. it was a big surprise. in a similar and altogether distant way, lavender diamond, white magic and beach house are doing some beautiful stuff. love them.
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    Naomi Petersen

    I think some people here would like to read this piece: http://209.193.84.198/naomi/naomi.html
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    George Best

    A Benfica fan talking here... I loved Best but Eusebio was great too...wasn’t he? Btw... Manchester will play against Benfica next week in Lisbon... Any bets?
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    Maximo Park

    Looking and listening to these British bands I definitely prefer Lightning Bolt, Deerhoof Black Dice, Wolf Eyes, Sightings, Noxagt, Circle, Comets On Fire, Sunburned Hand of The Man, Animal Collective, Vibracathedral Orchestra, Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice, Avarus... Heard Lightning...
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    Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice

    Hey Jon, I definitely would like to know your words on Feels by Animal Collective. Btw…great piece on Dead C in STN. best
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    Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice

    Hi Matthew! You should also check out XIAO on Troubleman Unlimited And give a try to Boiling The Animal In The Sky by The Wooden Cupboard (a different project from a guy from Skaters) best Jose
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    Rap & US hardcore punk

    for US hardcore punk fans here it is a very nice MP3 blog: http://www.strangereaction.com/ also have anyone heard the seven inch I Hate The Police from The Dicks (the old Texas punk band)? It´s awesome!
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    What went wrong with British music?

    Speaking of and as reader of 80´s Melody Maker and NME I still recall some good rock-oriented british bands. World Domination Enterprises were great as were MBV and Spacemen 3. But nowadays I don’t now what to think of Loop, Telescopes, Walking Seeds, Senseless Things, Slab!, Silverfish...
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    Rap & US hardcore punk

    I definitely agree with you. When speak about the "the worse bits of both..." what are you are you referring to? And what can we say were best bits of the two?
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    Rap & US hardcore punk

    I don’t know enough to subscribe that, but for some time I guess the two realities developed at the same time. As for the suburban class white kids I think that their condition was a more complex one. The punk-hardcore scene was a lot more diverse than people think: from the Austin scene to...
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    Rap & US hardcore punk

    Rap & US hardcore punk I don’t know if this is an interesting discussion but as I’m reading Going Underground book (http://www.zuopress.com/) I find myself trying to find parallelisms, differences and similarities between to the genres and realities. As going through the book I wonder how rap...
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